SOUTHARD, James Harding, a Representative from Ohio; born near Toledo, Washington Township,
Lucas County, Ohio, January 20, 1851; attended the public schools and was
graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1874; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Toledo, Ohio; appointed
assistant prosecuting attorney of Lucas County in 1882; twice elected
prosecuting attorney of the county, and served in that office six years;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Coinage,
Weights, and Measures (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-ninth Congresses);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress; resumed
the practice of law in Toledo, Ohio, until his death there February 20, 1919;
interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.